![]() It's hardly the worst pizza in town, and if you're throwing a party and need some pies to feed the hungry masses, Pizzicato is more than up to the task, though I do think they charge a bit much for what they're offering. That's really all I have to say about it. I had mistakenly presumed it was mass-produced in a Pizzicato warehouse somewhere, but an employee (see the comments below) informed me that it's actually made fresh everyday, which I do appreciate. The dough used for the crust is almost completely devoid of flavor, standard for this type of pizza. As you may have surmised, the pizza is a tad on the salty side, but that's a good thing, because without the salt this pizza probably wouldn't taste like anything. Nothing amazing by any stretch of the imagination, but a pretty standard NY-style slice nonetheless. Tough to say, as the herbs held virtually no flavor as far as I could tell. The tangy, heavily-salted tomato sauce hides beneath a layer of salty aged mozzarella, salty grated parmesan, and what the Pizzicato menu calls "herbs," which as far as I could tell consisted primarily of finely-chopped bits of parsley and maybe some oregano. No matter char is hardly necessary on a NY-style slice. I don't really walk into places like Pizzicato expecting char, and apart from some browning on the bottom of the pizza, there isn't any. ![]() The crust is dense, chewy on the inside but crispy on the outside, and dusted with cornmeal, presumable to slide it into and out of the gas-heated ovens more easily. It becomes pretty clear early on that Pizzicato is striving to replicate a NY slice with their pies. As soon as I got it home I flipped open the box, snapped a few shots, then dug in while it was still hot. Tonight, though, I stuck with the simple plain pie. Pizzas come in small (10"), medium (12"), and large (16") sizes, and often come with a wide variety of toppings, such as barbecued chicken, artichoke hearts, and garlic-marinated shrimp. Pizzicato was established in Portland in 1989 (good year for music!) and has since blossomed to 23 locations, including one in Denver, Colorado of all places. No, last night was all about picking up the phone, calling my local Pizzicato (only a few blocks away!) and ordering a large cheese pizza ($17) which I could pick up in only 20 minutes. This was the case last night when I was craving pizza but really wasn't up to the physical drain that came with waiting for a table at the uber-popular Ken's Artisan. Sometimes, though, you just don't feel like waiting in line for pizza. ![]() I'm naturally inclined to expect pizza below the caliber of Portland's best from them, but considering the franchising and sheer volume these chains put out, I don't think that's unreasonable. My dinner partner pulled a hair out of the pizza crust.Maybe other Pizzacato's have better customer service and do a better job of cleaning the dishes and keeping the hair out of the pizza, but I can tell you that I will NEVER go back to this one.In the realm of local pizza chains, Portland's got a few: Pizza Schmizza, Hot Lips, and Pizzicato spring most readily to mind. One of the plates had old cheese still stuck on it. After more waiting, he brought out our pizza with two plates. After looking in the oven, he said ours would come out next. He snapped at me, "I don't know what you ordered! I don't know what your table number is!" I was totally surprised by his rudeness and complete lack of customer service, but told him the details of our order. I went up to the counter and I asked the person I think was the manager if he knew about how much longer our pizza was going to take since it was already over a half hour. ![]() Literally, a half hour went by and we noticed that people who came after us were all eating. We got there before the dinner rush, ordered a pizza, and took a seat. This was my first time to a Pizzicato and I was pretty excited to try it.
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![]() Line the bottom of a 9” springform pan with parchment and set it aside. To make the crust: Preheat the oven to 325ºf. Cookies can be made up to a couple of days in advance and stored at room temperature. re-roll the scraps and cut out more rounds.īake the cookies until the tops are no longer shiny, about 12 minutes. transfer them to the baking sheets, 1" apart (using a small offset spatula helps with this step). On a work surface, roll out the dough to 1/4" thickness, dusting with cocoa powder if the dough is sticky, and cut out small cats or 1 1/2" circles. (at this point you can wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour, up to overnight, but I find that the dough is stiff enough that this isn't totally necessary). pour the mixture onto a work surface and give it a few kneads to bring it all together. with the mixer running on low speed, add the flour mixture and beat until just combined. mix in the vanilla extract and coconut extract. in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, coconut flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda. line two baking sheets with parchment paper. To make the cats: preheat the oven to 325ºf. And I like the look, it’s so geometrically pleasing! Idk if there is an exact reason for the cats other than that they’re cute and you get to call for “80 cats” in an ingredient list which is fun, but the reason for the springform pan is so that you can see the whipped cream on the sides. And the pudding should be made in a medium saucepan, not a small saucepan. But, as my dad had penciled in, it should be made with 80 chocolate cats (referring to the Trader Joe's cookies), not the 30 wafers that it called for, and it should be made in a springform pan, not a pie pan. Martha’s recipe was your typical pudding pie, made with a chocolate cookie crust and topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut. So! I texted my dad for the recipe and he sent back a picture of a printout of a Martha Stewart recipe from 2010 that had some very important annotations in the margins. So then I decided that I shouldn’t dwell on the origins of this pie and whether or not it actually is famous and instead I should learn how to make it. Stoopie and I eventually just shrugged it off and went with it because why not?Īnd then a lot of things became clear when I made the connection that Eggboy, who is also nary a cook, has his one pie that he makes and, on good years, considers to be very famous. And then I thought: Am I, as a deeply loyal member of #teamcake (well, until very recently), forcing all of the pie-loving humans in my family to step out of their comfort zones and make their own pies? And then I thought: □□□ I should shut up and not make this about me. This coconut cream pie thing all seemed to happened out of nowhere, I don't remember him making it when I was little, it just became his "thing" all of a sudden! And I don’t know how it became famous or if it actually is famous, I think he just started calling it that one day?!? I asked him about it once and he named someone from work who thought it was famous or something… so he went with it. A few years ago, my dad, who has always been more of an eater/human garbage disposal than a cook, casually started mentioning his “famous coconut cream pie.” I would get text message pictures on pi day of this pie, or he would just throw it into everyday conversation about dessert, and one time when our family convened in Los Angeles he had brought an entire pie on the airplane from Chicago. Select the exclusion type Allow a file or folder and use the Select a folder button to select the main folder for the software that you wish to keep. It's just the tip of the iceberg.Įnjoy hundreds of quality, custom, creatively clever designs from the talented collection of designers here at Design Bundles. Click the Detection History Click the Allow List To add an item to the Allow List, click Add. Just think of all of the money you could save or earn by creating customized gifts like cards, monogramed glasses, sublimated onesies, pillows, mugs, tumblers.Don't let this list stop you. 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One of my major complaints about the original Cartier Calibre watch was the relatively poor level of water resistance at just 30 meters. Offering 300 meters of water resistance, the Calibre Diver, is a true “dive watch.” Though this element gets a bit interesting. The diver’s bezel is a major element which allows Cartier to give the Calibre Diver an ISO 6425 “dive watch rating,” and the other major element (in addition to the dial lume) is the depth rating of the watch. Ceramic bezels are often flat or very angular, and the bezel here on the Calibre Diver is done with slightly softer edges that I like. The inwardly angled and slightly glossy bezel is produced from aDLC coated steel, which makes it rather scratch resistant and offers a slightly different look than the ceramic bezels you frequently see today. Of course, with my love of dive-style watches, I am inclined to say that the Cartier Calibre Diver is the best choice, but let’s look at the details a bit more.Īs a fan of rotating diver’s style bezels I welcome the addition of this element to the overall Calibre case design. It offers the most modern design of the others, an in-house made movement, great size, and appeal of a Cartier with a sportiness that many people are looking for today. I’ll state right here that in my opinion, the Calibre (the entire collection) is the Cartier men’s watch to get right now. Otherwise, selecting between the Cartier Calibre and the Calibre Diver is going to be a matter of personal style and preference. So what are the major differences? It really comes down to two things: the rotating diver’s style bezel and the increase in case water resistance. Even the prices between similar Calibre and Calibre Diver watches aren’t that different. One of the interesting things about the Cartier Calibre Diver is that, in many ways, it is little changed visually from the standard “Calibre de Cartier” timepiece. Why are we reviewing the gold version when this is meant to be a sports watch? Well, first of all, I think that the black dial mixed with rose gold case is very striking, and second, I feel that since this is a luxury lifestyle sports watch, why not take the luxury element all the way. There you can see hands-on images of the steel version as well as this 18k rose gold version. When Cartier officially debuted the Cartier Calibre Diver, aBlogtoWatch went hands-on here, earlier in 2014. While you might take a different position on the matter, it is true that most Western men feel that dress watches are too boring to wear on a “casual basis.” As a luxury toy, it is certainly satisfying, especially for those who want to combine high design and maintain a degree of manliness. In theory, you have a 300m water resistant dive watch but in reality you have a luxury SUV whose owners aren’t keen to take it off paved roads. ![]() In my opinion, the situation is very similar with the Cartier Calibre Diver. Rolex’s Submariner started life as a professional dive watch, but today is something that is so much better made than the original, but also an item that its owners are much more inclined to baby. This is merely the latest in a long line of high-end timepieces meant to suggest a sporty lifestyle even if the owner’s idea of going diving is just a dip in the pool. Let’s first start with the premise that most luxury watch brands love the idea of having sport watches, and this is by no means a first for Cartier. CRW7100052 (aka W7100052) in solid 18k rose gold diving? Neither would I, but they do offer a steel version if you feel that submerging your Cartier in ocean water is a good idea. So would you take this Cartier Calibre ref. 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Then simply turn the focus ring on your lens to make the picture clear everywhere, using a small aperture or only part of it, if you have chosen a shallow depth of field (large aperture). My hope is that by playing with the focus I can add a level of interest or mystery to a shot that may have been relatively uninspiring if taken in sharp focus. First of all, select on your camera and on your lens, the M or MF (manual focus) symbol. In fact, the underlying narrative may become even more important to the viewer. Just because it is out of focus, does not mean that these fundamentals go away. As with all photography, I believe these images still require a point of view or a story to be told through the image. But whenever I am in a creative rut, I switch my camera to manual focus and play with taking shots out of focus! Does it always give me beautiful, creative shots? Most of the time no, but it is has been a great technique in helping train my eye to see in different ways. 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